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Originally Posted by Zuuljin I just find it funny that you give WoW a free pass over 90% of your post, just because they didnt lie to you. Stick to your guns and admit WoW did the same stuff you were complaining about. |
I tried making this same point a page or two back. It all comes down to whether or not you get REALLY offended from the act of lying.
Like I said before, even though Blizzard was truthful, putting out a half ass version of WoW without any endgame whatsoever doesn't really make it that much better. Some people may not have gotten as personally offended when the SoE team put out their expansions with incomplete content, but it sure felt like the same dick was in my ear again, albeit just a little more sugar-coated this time.
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Originally Posted by Itzena Speaking from an 'at work' perspective I'll take the slow, truthful worker over the liar any day of the week, and I'm pretty sure most people would as well.
Knowing that something isn't going to be finished manages expectations, and allows people to plan around it. Getting piecemeal, incomplete, poorly-done work at the last minute after repeatedly being told "It'll be on time...and it's going to be AWESOME" leads to pissed off workmates & management, and said worker being escorted off-site with his belongings if it turns out to be a habit. |
Don't confuse the two; by Blizzard being the 'truthful' worker in my analogy, he still didn't have his 'Project' finished by the due date. You say knowing it wasn't going to be finished allows people to plan around it - what was the plan WoW had? To give the playerbase what they had completed and just hope to God Almighty that they can get out the things they didn't finish on time before the players have an aneurism?
Speaking from the 'at work' perspective, if someone came into a conference, and had a half ass completed project, but swore to us he'd get the rest of the project to us over the next couple of weeks, piece by piece - i'd fire his ass on the spot as quick as i'd fire the guy who lied about the completion of his project. Sure Blizzard eventually put out the rest of their game, are you trying to tell me that this is supposed to be 'ok' just because someone else did what you feel to be 'worse'?
